How to open file archived in 2003 in 2002 version

[Guest]

I archive my emails from office in 2003 version on CD. At home I have office
2002, so when I try to open these email I cant do it. How can I open the
Outlook archive files in 2003 open in 2002.

 

[Guest]

You can't -- the new Unicode format .PST in Outlook 2003 is not backwards
compatible, and there is no conversion utility. If you have Office 2003 at
work, create a new .PST file in the old Outlook 97-2002 format (you will be
asked for a format when you create the file), then copy your data from your
Outlook 2003 file to the new file. Put the new file on CD and bring it home.

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[Peter in New Zealand]

You can't -- the new Unicode format .PST in Outlook 2003 is not
backwards compatible, and there is no conversion utility. If you have
Office 2003 at work, create a new .PST file in the old Outlook 97-2002
format (you will be asked for a format when you create the file), then
copy your data from your Outlook 2003 file to the new file. Put the
new file on CD and bring it home.

Just to encourage you - I just went through this exact process and it
worked a treat. Just got to remember which pst file is which. Good luck.